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Mainguy, Gaell
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Has the time come to end the liaisons dangereuses?
Gaëll MAINGUY a,b
a World Academy of Young Scientists, Budapest, Hungary
b Institut Veolia Environnement,Paris, France
Abstract. Structuring information into knowledge is an important challenge for the 21st century. The emergence of internet and the diffusion of collaborative practices provide new tools with which to build and share knowledge. Scientists are seeking efficient ways to get recognition and to diffuse their work while Wikipedia is seeking well grounded contributors to shape in-depth articles. Science publishing and Wikipedia are thus profoundly modifying access to knowledge and may provide suitable conditions for a reorganization of the academic landscape.
Keywords. Science publishing, Wikipedia, open access, knowledge management
